Daily Giz Wiz 151: Joby's Gorillapod
Episode 151 of the podcast
| Subject: | Review of Joby's Gorillapod |
| Released: | Monday 18 September 2006 |
| Length: | about 16 minutes |
| Download file: | dgw0151.mp3 (7.1 MB) |
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Short info
The Joby Gorillapod SLR is an ultra-versatile mini-tripod that can be used with a mid-size SLR camera up to maximum load capacity of 2.5 lb/1.1 kg. Under $50. There's also a plain Joby Gorillapod (not SLR) for lightweight. compact cameras. About $22.
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Detailed information
Link: Gorillapod
The Gorillapod from Joby is a camera tripod that doesn't rely on a flat surface but rather can wrap around many different surfaces. 3 models: Original, SLR, and SLR Zoom, for different strengths. The height of the tripod, by twisting the legs, range from 2 to 8 inches. It's also easy to pack away.Podcasts You Love ...
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We Get Letters
The song Dick has in mind is the theme from the "We Get Letters" segment on the Perry Como Show, when he did requests. Check out its entry in IMDb. Perry Como also released an album called "We Get Letters" in 1957, but it did not include the theme itself. See Wikipedia. The theme did make an appearance, however in the 1958 album "Saturday Night With Mr. C" as "We Get Letters/Dear Perry": See Wikipedia.
The lyrics go: "Letters, we get letters, we get stacks an' stacks of letters . . . Dear Perry . . . would you be so kind, to fill a request, and sing the song I like best?"
Leo plays a recording of the song in Episode 303.
The song was later adapted by Paul Shaffer as the CBS Mail Bag theme on the David Letterman Show.
The lyrics go: "Letters, we get letters, we get stacks an' stacks of letters . . . Dear Perry . . . would you be so kind, to fill a request, and sing the song I like best?"
Leo plays a recording of the song in Episode 303.
The song was later adapted by Paul Shaffer as the CBS Mail Bag theme on the David Letterman Show.
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